By Rabbi Yair Hoffman Sept. 1st, 1923, was the 20th of Elul – Almost 102 years ago.  An earthquake, a very powerful one – hit Japan’s Kanto plain.  It veritably destroyed Tokyo, Yokohama, and its surrounding cities.  It killed over 100,000 people.  When the news reached the Chofetz Chaim in Radin, he fasted and said that […]